Hanoi in the morning of January 23rd, unlike other days, all our members in the volunteer team of Mai Chau Ecolodge were present at E2 Hall of the Company earlier to prepare for the trip called Annual Community Support. Na Nieng Hamlet – Cao Bang is the destination of this year in the long journey to bring the laughter for the highland people. At

The English translation of The Tai Daeng of Hua Phan Province, Lao People's Democratic Republic is now available at TAEC and our on-line shop. Translated from Thai into English by Linda S. McIntosh, this first book in the TAEC Ethnography Series gives historical background and documents the contemporary lives of the Tai Daeng in Laos. Sumitr Pitiph

A new special exhibition is opening on September 20, 2013 at the Traditional Arts and Ethnology Centre (TAEC) in Laos. "Carving a Community" is the first exhibition in Luang Prabang to highlight an ethnic minority group from the south of Laos. Highlights of the exhibit include intricate weavings and basketry and the bold carvings adorning Katu comm

The OneWorld Travel Mart (OTM) will connect suppliers from around the globe with U.S. buyers. Whether you're a travel agent, tour operator, meeting planner, tourism office or travel writer, you'll find something of interest at this open buyer's conference. Meet with exhibitors at any time Learn about new destinations Improve your ma

In 2008 Footprint Vietnam Travel took the lead in teaming up with its competitors to promote and develop responsible tourism in Vietnam. With the support of SNV Vietnam in 2010, the Responsible Travel Club (RTC) was formed. The club is involved in a variety of activities and supports its members with knowledge

[video: http://www.vimeo.com/24594769 ] Above is a link to a newly-released video for a Capilano University / PATA Foundation community based tourism project in Vietnam. The project features tourism training to help sustain vulnerable ethnic cultures and maximize benefits of tourism to a small and unique village in Northern Vietna

Here is a Tourist Code of Ethics designed by Canadian and Vietnamese tourism students from Capilano University and Hanoi Open University (HOU). It is hoped that through this interactive Code a band of ethical tourists can be formed who, through their commitment and actions will minimize the harmful effects o

In March, Capilano University tourism students joined Hanoi Open University students in a community based tourism training project in the Sa Pa region in Viet Nam. The project, which began in the summer of 2010, is supported by the PATA Foundation. Two ethnic minority villages - Lao Chai and Ta Phin - are participating in specifically desig

The Obama administration, may have slightly loosened the travel ban in April 2009 by allowing Cuban-Americans to travel freely to Cuba, but otherwise has made little progress in lifting or at least loosening "El Bloqueo", the 50 year old & cold war trade and travel embargo, imposed by the world's most powerful state against a small island nati

A ghost is again floating over Europe, the ghost of racism! From the recent electoral far-right breakthrough (6%) in the former poster child of social democracy, Sweden to blackshirt vigilantism in the Italian South, to Vienna municipal elections, to the endless tragedy of drowned and imprisoned immigrants in the Aegean and other Mediterranean isl

28 golf courses are currently being developed in Vietnam! Must be one for every year of their fierce independent campaign? If so, they could be named with the names of glorious generals. What was to become a 'socialist paradise' became a 'golf paradise'. Who will play at all these courses beats me, however I can not keep thinking what a great pity